In the recent RENERGY 2014 expo at Chennai Trade Center, I came across a stall by Zigor, the manufacturer of Hybrid Inverters for connecting multiple renewable energy technologies (solar & wind), grid, batteries, and even generators. Zigor is headquartered in Spain and has a direct office in Pune, India.
Among other products, Zigor manufactures Solar On-Grid Inverters, Solar-Wind On-Grid Inverters and Hybrid Inverters for Small, Medium, and High power solutions covering 0.3 kVA to 1350 kVA on four different topologies, as given below -
- KIT assemblies of DC/AC Inverters with PWM & MPPT regulator controls, and battery controllers for low-cost requirements.
- HIS11 Compact for remote telecom sites, domestic users, small power grids, etc. covering 4 kW - 6.6 kW.
- HIT3C for medium power grid, small communities, water pumping, etc. covering 30 kW - 100 kW.
- HIT3D for Multi-MW generation, distributed hybrid micro grids, etc. covering 150 kVA - 1350 kVA.
They also manufacture and supply micro wind turbines in the range of 300 W - 6000 W. Remote control and monitoring web server based SCADA firmware is embedded into systems.
For further info, refer to Zigor website or this technical document.